Rail-joint.



C. H. CARROLL.

RAlL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, me.

1,220,184. v Patented MM. 27, 191?.

, waa 6mm mvsmon ATTORNEY cmnnsn. CARROLL, or mmrarnonrna RAIL-Jo nt.

Application filed May 1a; 1916. Serial No. 97,375.

. which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rail joint and more particularly to a novelmanner of joining the meeting ends of two railway rails whereby thespreading of the rails or the lateral displacement thereof with respectto .the longitudinal alinement of the rail will be prevented.

As a further object of the invention the rail ends are provided withobliquely disposed contacting surfaces formed by vertically cut portionsof the rail ends thereby obviating the occurrence of the constant andinjurious impact which occurs when the ,wheels of a railway coach passover the meeting ends of rails.

I further purpose to improve the manner of joining the meeting ends ofrail. 'ay rails by providing the inside half of the base flange of therail with a right angularly vertical cut portion for providing meetingfaces in each rail in addition to the obliquely disposed contactingsurfaces thereby preventing relative longitudinal movement of the railsand lateral displacement thereof.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the preferred embodiment and in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which 1-- Figure 1 is a top plane.

Fig. is vertical transverse section on the li -44 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the manner of connecting one of therail ends.

Fig. 4. is a perspectiveview of the adjacent end. v

The meeting ends of two railway rails are designated by the numerals land 2 and each of the rails is provided with the rail head 8, the web iand the'base flange 5. The base flange 5 extends outwardly fromopposite. sides of the web in the usual manner whereby the inside half 6and the outside half 7 of each flange is provided.

The head 3, the web 4 and the outside half 7 of the flange of each railare cut verti- Cally and diagonally as is clearly'shown in.

the drawings to provide the obliquely dis- Speeification of IiettersPatent.

edge of Patented Mar. 27, 1917..

posed surfaces 8 and 9.. The inside half 6 of the base flange isvertically cut at right angles to the longitudinal center line of'therail and the cut extends inwardly from the the flange to the edge of theWeb 4 where it joins the obliquely disposed surfaces 8 and 9. This rightangularly cut portion provides the right angularly disposed contactingsurfaces 10 and 11 which, when in engagement with each other, preventtherail ends from relative longitudinal movement which otherwise wouldoccur-if the rail ends where simply provided with the obliquely ordiagonally cut ends. By referring to Figs. 3 and. 4: of the drawing itwill be observed that a sharp corner is provided where the obliquelydisposed surfaces join with the right angular surfaces thus permittingthe rail ends to neatly join or lock to get-her in which position theymay be securely fastened.

Each of the rails is provided with a phi-- rality of apertures 13extending through the webs i and a fi h plate 14 is mounted upon eachside of the web 4. Each of the fish plates is provided with a pluralityof apertures through which fastening bolts 15 are extended and have nuts16 mounted on their ends for retaining the fish plates in tightengagement with the webs of the rails. The fish plates 14. overlap themeeting ends of the rails and extend for a considerable distance on eachside thereof for assuring the connection of the rail ends.

In reduction to practice I haver'ound that the form of my inventionillustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, asthe preferred embodiment, is the, most eliicient and practicable; yet rizing that the conditions concurrent in the adoption of my device willnecessarily vary, 1 desire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in the details of c'onstruction, proportion and arrangement orparts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of theadvantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

agonally through the said head, web and the outside half of said baseflange, the di- :igonal cut portions being identical. in. each rail endand adapted to engage tor preven ing longitudinal movement of the railends out of longitudinal alinement with eadh other, said base flangebeing further vertieally cut at right angles to the longitudinal 4center line of the rail, the right angularly vertically cut portion ofsaid base flange extending from the inner edge of the inner half of saidflange and terminating in a sharp corner at the edge of the Web of therail Where said vertically cut portion joins with the diagonally cutportion of said web.

2. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of two railwayrails, each comprisin a head, a web and a base flange,

said base ange extending outwardly equally on each side of the web toprovide inside and outside halves of said base flange, the said head,Web and outside half of the flange being cut verticall diagonally ineachrail for providing ob iquely disposed contacting surfaces adapted toengage and prevent the lateral displacement of said rail ends withrespect to their true longitudinal alinement, the said inside half ofthe base flange in each rail being further out vertically at rightanglesto the longitudinal center line of the rail for providing rightangularly disposed meeting faces extending inwardly from the edge of therail and terminating at the edge of the web, fish plates mounted.

upon the web and overlapping the meeting ends of each rail, and aplurality of bolts 7 carried by the fish plates and extendedthrough-"apertures formed in the web for fastening the said fish platesin positioii.

3. In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of two railwayrails, each comprising a head, a Web, and a base flange, the said'head,web and outside portion of the said flange being cut verticallydiagonally in each rail providing obliquely dis of the said flanges tobe moved vertically into and out of contact with each other, the saidvertical cut portion of the inside half of the flange extending from theedge thereof to the edge of the said Web.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v CHARLES H. CARROLL. Witnesses:

F. M. WILLIAMS, F. W. Conn.

